Bridge Creek Drainage Dist. v. Webster

The appellee, Webster, receiver of the First National Bank of Corinth, Mississippi, brought an action at law against the appellant, Bridge Creek drainage district of Alcorn and Tippah counties, seeking to recover the amount of a note, executed by the appellant in favor of the First National Bank of Corinth, Mississippi.

The appellant sought to set off or counterclaim as against the note the sum of two hundred eighty-four dollars, alleged to have been paid out of the funds on deposit for appellant by appellee for bonds of the Bridge Creek swamp land drainage district, an entirely 'different…